michelle obama shows children the white house holiday decorations. after that, a look at the affect hollywood has on public policy. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal, a look at the biggest foreign policy events of 2012. the biggest political stories of 2012 with fox news political analyst juan williams. the senate returns from legislative business on thursday. the house has a session scheduled that day. the senate is in at 10:00 for work on two bills. it would extend provisions of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. the other is a $60 billion a relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy. you can follow live coverage of the senate on c-span2. house members are on standby as negotiations continue over the so-called fiscal cliff. debate on a deal is possible. james taylor performed and spoke of the national press club earlier this month. he talked about president obama's reelection, the war in iraq, and the fiscal cliff. this is one hour and 10 minutes. for more information about the national press club, a visit our web site, ww